Category: The Bronx

Police are searching for this suspect in connection with a gunpoint carjacking in Unionport. Photo courtesy NYPD Police are continuing their search for a pair of suspects who carjacked a man at gunpoint last month in the Unionport section of the Bronx. Police say a 39-year-old man was sitting in his vehicle at approximately 6:50…

The first mobile treatment unit for opioid addition is launched on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 at 997 Brook Ave. Photo Emily Swanson The nonprofit Acacia Network, its affiliate Promesa Inc. and the State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASES) on Wednesday celebrated the opening of a brand-new Mobile Medication Unit (MMU) that will provide…

Gouldbourne was arrested and charged with manslaughter and other charges last Tuesday, Jan. 30 in connection with allegedly killing her newborn child in December of 2023. Photo courtesy Getty Images A Bronx mother who allegedly stuffed her newborn baby girl into a laundry bag filled with clothes in September — before handing the bag containing…

When it comes to traffic safety, the Bronx is not the place to be.  A report released Tuesday by the nonprofit advocacy group Transportation Alternatives identified the city’s deadliest street for pedestrians, motorists and cyclists alike: East 138th Street in the Bronx, which spans just over 1.5 miles and saw 12 deaths between 2014 and…

A Billingsley Terrace tenant speaks alongside Council Member Sanchez during the announcement of the lawsuit against the landlords of 1915 Billingsley Terrace on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Photo Gerardo Romo/NYC Council Media Unit Following the partial collapse of a Morris Heights building in December that displaced more than 100 residents, the building’s tenants, along with…

Photo courtesy of MASC Hospitality Group After initially hosting its seemingly last season in 2023, the Bronx Night market will be returning with more programming in mind for the neighborhood. Created by MASC Hospitality Group (MHG), Bronx Night Market will re-emerge as a cultural hub for food, music and shopping in the borough on April…

Feb. 4 marked 25 years since Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was killed in the Bronx in a hail of gunfire unleashed by four white plainclothes NYPD officers Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss, all of whom belonged to the now-disbanded NYPD Street Crime Unit. On Saturday, Feb. 3, Diallo’s…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Bronx detectives are looking for the killer who stabbed a man to death early on Saturday morning. The victim, a 32-year-old man, was attacked at a home on the 400 block of East 153rd Street in Mott Haven, near the Major Deegan Expressway, at about 3:51 a.m. on Feb. 3. Officers from…

Governor Hochul announced SUNY Maritime’s new offshore wind basic safety training program on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. File photo A Bronx college is planning to debut a new training program geared toward future environmental efficiency which also aims grow industry and employment opportunities across the state. SUNY Maritime will begin offering a new offshore wind…

A plan to house formerly incarcerated people with medical issues on an NYC Health + Hospitals campus in the East Bronx is once again coming to the front line of borough politics, with the project’s proponents and opponents gearing up for what will be a hotly discussed topic in the coming months.  The board of…